What went wrong? the Nicaraguan Revolution : a Marxist analysis

This volume is a valuable re-assessment of the Nicaraguan Revolution by a Marxist historian of Latin American political history. It shows that the FSLN ('the Sandinistas'), with politics principally shaped by Soviet and Cuban Communism, never had a commitment to genuine democracy either wi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: La Botz, Dan (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill [2016]
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Historical materialism book series, volume 127.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b45615986*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Nicaragua: a nation but not a state (from the beginning to 1893)
  • The struggle to construct a sovereign state: Zelaya and Sandino (1893-1932)
  • The Somoza dynastic dictatorship (1936-75)
  • The founding of the Sandinista front for national liberation (1962-78)
  • The Sandinista revolution (1975-79)
  • The Sandinistas in power (1979-84)
  • The Sandinistas and the Contra war (1985-90)
  • Violeta Chamorro: A new ruling class, a new state, a new economy (1990-96)
  • Alemán and Bolaños: corruption in power (1996-2006)
  • The Ortega government (2006- )
  • Epilogue: results and prospects.